SEEK Development With Eclipse

CVS

1. from the menu bar go to Window -> Open Perspective -> CVS Repository Exploring
2. in CVS Repositories view (on the left), right-click and choose New -> Repository Location
3. enter the following information
• host: cvs.ecoinformatics.org
• Repository path: /cvs
• User: <your user name for CVS>
• Password: <your password for CVS>
• Connection type: extssh
4. click finish

You can now explore the CVS repository.

For example, expand the cvs.ecoinformatics.org repository that you just created. Like most GUIs, this is done by clicking on the + to the left or double clicking on the text. Expand "Head" (this is the main branch). Expand "seek". Double click to open the README file. Right click on the filename to view annotations and histories.

Here in the CVS Repository Exploring perspective you can browse the CVS tree and view text files. You cannot edit files. Also, files will only open in Eclipse's internal viewers. So you cannot properly view files which require and external applications such as PowerPoint files. (If anyone know's a way to fix this please tell).

To edit files (and to view files in external editors), you will need to create a project based off a CVS folder (a.k.a module) by checking it out. You can do this with any folder in the tree. This will download copies of all the files within that folder and it's subfolders. So this can take awhile, depending on what you select.

• right-click on the folder, e.g. /seek, and choose check-out (or check-out as)

• switch to the Resource Perspective (Windows -> Open Perspective -> Resource

You can now explore the local versions of the files you have checked out. As well as, edit files and commit your changes back to CVS.

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